Reference Dell poweredge r530 - increase the disk space

Hello

We currently have a Dell Server poweredge R530, with installed 5 hot swappable drives with RAID 5 configured. I need to increase disk space for our virtual machines, bought an x 2 extra 1.2 TB SAS drives to install. What is the correct process to add 2 new readers to the table and increase the space available in the 2012 R2 windows server? Could someone sanity check process below please:

1. install the 2 new drives while the server is powered and operating normally. (What I have to install 1 player and wait a while, or two disks can be installed directly after the other?)

2. go in dell iDRAC and confirm the visibility of 2 new readers.

3. wait until the readers successfully have been added to the State through iDRAC Tracker

4. go in the management of the storage within the 2012 R2 server to allocate new space for the virtual machine partitions.

Is more correct? It feels like I'm missing an essential step, it cannot be that simple that it allocate the additional storage space on a live production server?

Any advice appreciated

Thank you

1. the two drives can be added at the same time.

2 iDRAC is not the best way to do it. Unless this is your only access to the server, use OMSA leave within the OS.

3. the process is not automatic. Once readers show up in a State of PREPARATION, you will need to go to OMSA, PERC, storage, virtual disks and select Reconfigure in the drop-down list of tasks available for RAID 5. (In fact make the statement reconfigures / expansion was the 'crucial step' you left on your list of ;).))

4. Yes.

Are your 1.2 to existing disks SAS drives?

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